Two interviews from
Life. 8/2016 and
WFS. 76/2017 magazines, I am sorry I didn't translate all the articles, because many questions are repeated, so I combined these two interviews.
Translation to English: JYC, Kira, Taipeifollowers
Part of Deniss:Title:Standing ovation is the highest appreciation
─How’s the NHK Trophy?
D: Very good! The audience is great. I am very satisfied with my own performance. SP, FP two programs have got everyone's standing ovation, for artist, standing ovation is the highest appreciation, I am glad everyone likes my performance.
─Is this the first time you compete in Japan?
D: Yes. But I will back to Japan to participate in ice show in December. I am very looking forward to Christmas on Ice!
─You talk about the show that you will perform in Gala tonight?
D: Actually I didn't expect that I could attend "Gala", so I did not take my clothes, can only perform last year's SP, I hope to be good performance, but do not know what will become (laugh).
─You and your coach "Stephane" cooperation seems very happy, are you happy when you training?
D: Yes, of course. Not just training on the ice, now I need to learn a lot of new things. He taught me everything, even if only the details will become the source of my progress. He is very professional, perfect, and always timely adjustment of the enthusiasm of my practice. Now I can do a lot of different training, both to enjoy figure skating, but also to enhance the boundaries of self, it is really great.
─As your coach, to help you get back to health, in addition, Stephane is your choreographer. When the choreographer can keep on your side, is not it great?
D: He is really a very interesting person. You think when your coach has an excellent sense of music, choreography, jumping technology is professional level, don’t you think feel great? He is so unique, it is difficult to find the second in the world. And he is a great skater, can work with him, I feel so honored. For me, with a coach willing to take care of everything, which never had the experience, very special, and I’m very grateful to him.
─You think what your forte is?
D: I want to be a full-fledged skater. But now, my jump is not enough. But I think my slide technology can be passed through the energy and moved to the audience, so...this is my forte? (Laugh)
─What kind of skater you want to be?
D: To do myself, not like someone, but it is unique.
─So become a top skater, what’s you need to do?
D: Everything. Diligent practice, but also take care of my body, I want to repay the audience and the coach for my expectations. I will work and practice so hard.
Part of Stephane:Title: My life is completely changed; I will accompany him, and help him in the future
─When you become a coach, do you have a different idea?
S: When I became a coach of Deniss, it reminds me of my coach "Peter", why is Peter willing to give me so much, especially if we have no blood relationship, and the people who have appeared in the past, they shaped me, so I wrote the letter to Peter, and told him "until now a lot of things I understand, so infinite gratitude from my heart."
─As a coach at the boards, how’s your feeling?
S: The experience of the active period is very different. Although I was nervous, but when the music starts, I will forget everything and become involved, always thinking about how to do the things well. But as a coach is not the same, I can’t help anything when the skater is nervous, before the game starts Maybe I can do something for him, like to encourage him, or increase his confidence, but when he is on the ice, I only can stand there (laughs). And I have to control my emotions, even if I am super happy but also need to keep calm (laughs), this is really a special experience.
And when Deniss competes, he knows that other skaters can do quad, but he can’t do it, it is very uncomfortable from Deniss, so I am very hard to tell Dennis: you have to try to make everyone to know your skating and acting is special.
─Dennis has a good musicality, beautiful body, when you choreographer for him should be very happy, right?
S: Yes, very happy. We have compiled SP and FS this season, and another performance for Christmas on ice, I have been very surprised that he can control a completely different style of the program. For example, "Voodoo Child" is rock and roll, for him may be a challenge, but I think it should be able to bring him different energy. And “FS” is a very classical song, the next ready to perform in “EX” is the “lyrical” song. Today he will perform the repertoire in Gala is "Puttin on the Ritz", very funny, like this, any style he can control, full of infinite beauty possibilities.
Deniss's characteristic is that he has a rich figure skating language, classical, joyful, jazz blues, rock all can dance, and his body lines are very beautiful, so my job is to make the world to know that Dennis has such a great talent , And to make his body lines can be more beautiful, slimmer the way to show it.
Now my job is to fill the frame with the color of Dennis (A bit like... to make Dennis more complete)
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